diff --git a/src/UI/Movies/MoviesCollection.js b/src/UI/Movies/MoviesCollection.js
index a8c221d53..1a1b5b8ff 100644
--- a/src/UI/Movies/MoviesCollection.js
+++ b/src/UI/Movies/MoviesCollection.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var UiSettings = require('../Shared/UiSettingsModel');
 require('../Mixins/backbone.signalr.mixin');
 var Config = require('../Config');
 
-var pageSize = parseInt(Config.getValue("pageSize")) || 1000;
+var pageSize = parseInt(Config.getValue("pageSize")) || 250;
 
 var filterModes = {
     'all'        : [
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ var Collection = PageableCollection.extend({
     },
 
     filterModes : filterModes,
-  
+
     sortMappings : {
         movie : {
             sortKey : 'series.sortTitle'
diff --git a/src/UI/Settings/UI/UiSettingsModel.js b/src/UI/Settings/UI/UiSettingsModel.js
index cfa879eed..217bb793e 100644
--- a/src/UI/Settings/UI/UiSettingsModel.js
+++ b/src/UI/Settings/UI/UiSettingsModel.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module.exports = SettingsModelBase.extend({
     origInit : SettingsModelBase.prototype.initialize,
 
     initialize : function() {
-      this.set("pageSize", Config.getValue("pageSize", 1000));
+      this.set("pageSize", Config.getValue("pageSize", 250));
       this.origInit.call(this);
     },